Cicada ManiaGenera of cicadas.
Photos of Brood X stragglers in Princeton, New Jersey, from back in 2017. The rest of the brood will emerge in 2021.
Magicicada cassini with mosaic pigment mutation:
Magicicada cassini with mosaic pigment mutation:
Female M. cassini. Notice the all-black abdomen:
Cicada skins and Albert Einstein:
Close up!
Magicicada cassini:
These Neotibicen latifasciatus photos came from a ‘cicada hunt’ in the summer of 2016 in Cape May county New Jersey. See more here.
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus on cedar:
Male Neotibicen latifasciatus:
Neotibicen latifasciatus exuvia:
This is a random set of photos from 2018 of Neotibicen cicadas.
Female N. tibicen tibicen (Swamp/Morning cicada) with eggs. Monmouth county, NJ.
Neotibicen linnei male – Little Silver NJ Aug 11 2018:
Neotibicen tibicen Little Silver New Jersey Aug 17 2018:
Neotibicen tibicen on USA flag. Shrewsbury, NJ:
Neotibicen tibicen with ruptured wing veins. Monmouth County, NJ:
Nightime N. linnei with wound it probably got flying into an illuminated wall. Little Silver, NJ:
Nightime Neotibicen tibicen tibicen. Little Silver, NJ:
Nighttime N. tibicen tibicen on wall. Little Silver, NJ:
Prime cicada hunting location. The poor critters are attracted to the light. For better or worse they keep the lights off at this location now. Little Silver, NJ:
Neotibicen canicularis is one of the smaller Neotibicen. It’s better known as a Dog Day Cicada.
These photos come from a cicada hunt for auletes, but I found this canicularis as well.
Each year I go to Manchester, NJ to look for Megatibicen auletes aka Northern Dusk-Singing Cicadas. There are auletes in my zipcode, but they’re easier to find in the southern-half of New Jersey. The location is a favorite of Elias Bonaros’, and more times than not we sync-up and go auletes hunting as a team. Good times.
Two auletes are better than one:
M. auletes nymph:
M. auletes exit hole:
Megatibicen auletes in Manchester NJ:
Megatibicen auletes exuvia in Manchester NJ:
Megatibicen auletes climbing tree:
* Note as of 2023 the name of this cicada has changed to Megatibicen grossus. You can also call it a Northern Dusk-Signing Cicada.
Photos of Brood V Magicicada in West Virginia by Matt Berger (Instagram), including many examples of Magicicadas with a variety of eye colors (the typical color is red).
Brood V emerged in West Virginia (and Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Long Island, NY) in 2016. It will next emerge in 2033.
These photos are BIG. Click/tap the thumbnail for larger versions.
A Variety of Eye Colors:
Teneral Periodical Cicada:
Teneral Cicada Up Close:
Teneral Cicada Up Close:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Molting Cicada by Matt Berger:
Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger:
Gray Eyed Cicada by Matt Berger:
Cicada that sclerotized before it got out of its skin:
Cicada Fungus Infection by Matt Berger:
Matt has contributed photos to cicadamania.com for many years. In 2016 he was a post-grad student at West Virginia University. The lab he was part of produced this paper:
Discovery of psychoactive plant and mushroom alkaloids in ancient fungal cicada pathogens
Greg R. Boyce, Emile Gluck-Thaler, Jason C. Slot, Jason E. Stajich, William J. Davis, Tim Y. James, John R. Cooley, Daniel G. Panaccione, Jorgen Eilenberg, Henrik H. De Fine Licht, Angie M. Macias, Matthew C. Berger, Kristen L. Wickert, Cameron M. Stauder, Ellie J. Spahr, Matthew D. Maust, Amy M. Metheny, Chris Simon, Gene Kritsky, Kathie T. Hodge, Richard A. Humber, Terry Gullion, Dylan P. G. Short, Teiya Kijimoto, Dan Mozgai, Nidia Arguedas, Matt T. Kasson
bioRxiv 375105; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/375105
Photos of Brood XXII in Ohio and Kentucky by Roy Troutman.
Brood XXII is a brood of 13-year Magicicada. It emerges in a small area of Ohio & Kentucky, as well as Louisiana and Mississippi. It last emerged in 2014, and will emerge again in 2027.
Roy traveled around Ohio and Kentucky mapping locations were Magicicada were present. The result is the paper:
Kritsky, Gene & Troutman, Roy. (2014). The 2014 emergence of a previously unrecognized 13-year brood of periodical cicadas in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky.
The photos are BIG. Click/tap the thumbnails below for larger versions.
13 Year Cicada molting by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini adult on leaf by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Two Magicicada tredecassini Ecdysis by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio periodical cicadas on a trash bin by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini Teneral by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini nymph on tree by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini Nymph by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini leaning back by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini cicada ecdysis by Roy Troutman:
2014 Ohio Magicicada tredecassini adult on leaf by Roy Troutman:
Piles of Magicicada skins and dead cicadas on the ground around the tree:
2014 Ohio adult Magicicada tredecassini by Roy Troutman:
13 Year Nymphs by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo Ohio in 2014:
13 Year Nymph by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014:
13 Year Nymph by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014:
13 Year Nymph by Roy Troutman taken in Chilo, Ohio in 2014 on tree:
Brood XXIII Magicicada photos from 2015 by me (Dan Mozgai).
In 2015 I took an 8 state road trip to see as much of the brood as possible.
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Cicada holes in Mississippi
Cicada skins on Touch of Nature sign in Illinois:
Cicada exuvia at Indiana rest stop:
Teneral Magicicada:
Male Magicicada tredecim:
Male Female and Male Magicicada tredecim:
Teneral female Magiciada tredecim in Kentucky:
Magicicada exuvia in Mississippi:
Brood XXIII Magicicada photos from 2015 by me (Dan Mozgai).
In 2015 I took an 8 state road trip to see as much of the brood as possible.
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Male Magicicada tredecim in Mississippi:
Maybe a Magicicada neotredecim in Illinois:
Cicada exuvia in Giant City in Illinois:
Cicada chimneys found by Sam Orr in Illinois:
Magicicada in Kentucky:
Hieroglyphic cicada illustration in Jackson Museum:
Teneral female Magicicada tredecim:
Cicada exuvia on Touch of Nature sign in Illinois:
This is a series of Magicicada photos from the 2018 Brood VII (Onondaga Brood) from Onondaga county New York. Read more about Brood VII.
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